1991 in New Zealand:

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Contents 1 Population 2 Incumbents 2.1 Regal and Vice Regal 2.2 Government 2.3 Parliamentary opposition 2.4 Main centre leaders 3 Events 3.1 January 3.2 February 3.3 March 3.4 April 3.5 June 3.6 July 3.7 August 3.8 September 3.9 October 3.10 November 3.11 December 4 Arts and literature 4.1 Music 4.2 Radio and Television 4.3 Film 4.4 Internet 5 Appointments and awards 6 Sport 6.1 Athletics 6.2 Horse racing 6.2.1 Harness racing 6.2.2 Thoroughbred racing 6.3 Soccer 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 References 10 See also

[edit] Population

• Estimated Population as of 31 December: 3,516,000 ^[1]
• Increase since 31/12/1990: 40,900 (1.18%) Note that there is a discontinuity between the 1990 and 1991 figures as Statistics NZ switched from using the de facto population concept to estimated resident population.
• Males per 100 Females: 99.7

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand
• Governor-General - The Hon Dame Catherine Anne Tizard, GCMG, GCVO, DBE, QSO ^[2]

[edit] Government

The 43rd New Zealand Parliament continued. Government was The National Party, led by Jim Bolger. National controlled nearly seventy percent of the seats in Parliament.

• Speaker of the House - Robin Gray
• Prime Minister - Jim Bolger
• Deputy Prime Minister - Don McKinnon
• Minister of Finance - Ruth Richardson
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - Don McKinnon

[edit] Parliamentary opposition

• Leader of the Opposition - Mike Moore (Labour) . ^[3]
• NewLabour Party - Jim Anderton

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - Les Mills
• Mayor of Hamilton - Margaret Evans
• Mayor of Wellington - James Belich
• Mayor of Christchurch - Vicki Buck
• Mayor of Dunedin - Richard Walls

[edit] Events

[edit] January

• 2 January: description

[edit] February

[edit] March

[edit] April

[edit] June

[edit] July

• July 22 The Resource Management Act 1991 passes into law after a third reading speech by Simon Upton.^[4]

[edit] August

[edit] September

[edit] October

• October 1 The Resource Management Act 1991 commences.

[edit] November

[edit] December

[edit] Arts and literature

• Lynley Hood wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.

See 1991 in art, 1991 in literature, Category:1991 books

[edit] Music

The New Zealand Music Awards were not held this year.

See: 1991 in music

[edit] Radio and Television

• CanWest takes management control of TV3. [2]

See: 1991 in New Zealand television, 1991 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, Category:New Zealand television, TV3 (New Zealand), Category:New Zealand television shows, Public broadcasting in New Zealand

[edit] Film

• A Soldier's Tale
• Chunik Bair
• Grampire
• Old Scores
• Te Rua
• The End of the Golden Weather

See: Category:1991 film awards, 1991 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1991 films

[edit] Internet

See: NZ Internet History

[edit] Appointments and awards

See: New Zealand Order of Merit , Order of New Zealand

• Archbishop of New Zealand
• Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia , see appointments to Diocese

[edit] Sport

[edit] Athletics

• Paul Herlihy wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:13:34 on March 2 in New Plymouth, while Lee-Ann McPhillips claims her first in the women's championship (2:40:12).

[edit] Horse racing

[edit] Harness racing

• New Zealand Trotting Cup: Christopher Vance ^[5]
• Auckland Trotting Cup: Christopher Vance ^[6]

[edit] Thoroughbred racing

[edit] Soccer

• The Chatham Cup is won by Christchurch United who beat Wellington United 2—1 in the final. ^[7]

[edit] Births

• 4 January: Olivia Tennet, actor

Category:1991 births

[edit] Deaths

• 20 April: Winifred Hall, children's author under the pen name Clare Mallory
• 7 August: Billy T. James, entertainer and comedian (b. 1948)
• 13 October: Major General Sir William Gentry, former military chief of staff of New Zealand.
• 1 December: Zin Harris, cricketer

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• List of years in New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand history
• History of New Zealand
• Military history of New Zealand
• Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica

For world events and topics in 1991 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1991